Department of Geography
College of Arts and Sciences
Academic Unit Data
Fall 1999 Fall 2000 Fall 2001 Fall 2002 Fall 2003 Fall 2004 Fall 2005
(FY 2000) (FY 2001) (FY 2002) (FY 2003) (FY 2004) (FY 2005) (FY 2006)
  1 Instructional faculty FTE
Tenure faculty (tenured and tenure track) 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 7.0
All faculty 8.8 8.8 8.1 8.1 8.9 8.9 9.7
  2 Tenure faculty as percentage of all faculty 
(including GTAs) 68% 68% 74% 62% 56% 68% 72%
  3 Student credit hours (SCH), total fall 1,571 1,857 2,355 2,437 2,593 2,513 2,792
Undergraduate 1,489 1,729 2,158 2,194 2,380 2,266 2,534
Graduate 82 128 197 243 213 247 258
  4 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
tenure faculty 229 232 370 433 275 357 331
Undergraduate 216 210 345 384 232 321 294
Graduate 13 21 25 48 43 36 37
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, tenure
     faculty  (n = 12, 17, 18, 16, 14) 319 316 265 261 273 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 299 300 246 241 256 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 29 22 25 27 23 Not Avail Not Avail
  5 Student credit hours per faculty FTE, 
all faculty  (including GTAs)    179 211 291 301 290 283 287
Undergraduate 169 196 266 271 267 255 260
Graduate 9 15 24 30 24 28 27
NSICP:  SCH per faculty FTE, all 
     faculty  (n = 12, 17, 18, 16, 14) 313 318 288 287 315 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 297 306 274 273 305 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 24 14 17 19 15 Not Avail Not Avail
  6 Student FTE, total   106 126 160 167 176 172 190
Undergraduate 99 115 144 146 159 151 169
Graduate 7 11 16 20 18 21 22
  7 Student headcount  
(first and second majors)  67 78 95 78 101 112 136
Pre-majors
Undergraduate majors 47 54 63 50 61 70 80
Graduate majors 20 24 32 28 40 42 56
  8 Student-faculty ratio  (SFR)
(Student FTE per one Faculty FTE)
Tenure faculty 16 16 25 30 19 24 23
All faculty (including GTAs) 12 14 20 21 20 19 20
Undergraduate SFR
Tenure faculty 14 14 23 26 15 21 20
All faculty (including GTAs) 11 13 18 18 18 17 17
Graduate SFR
Tenure faculty 1 2 2 4 4 3 3
All faculty (including GTAs) 1 1 2 3 2 2 2
  9 Average class size
Undergraduate lower division Not Avail 59 105 105 87 81 68
Undergraduate upper division Not Avail 21 20 15 22 19 20
Graduate Not Avail 11 13 17 19 20 19
10 Number of class sections with 2-9 students
(excludes individual instruction, etc.) Not Avail 2 3 2 1 2 3
Undergraduate Not Avail 1 1 2 0 1 2
Graduate Not Avail 1 2 0 1 1 1
11 Organized class sections (OCS) per faculty
FTE,  tenure faculty 2.7 2.5 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.6
Undergraduate 2.0 1.7 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.8
Graduate 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.9
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, tenure faculty
     (n = 12, 17, 18, 16, 14) 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.7 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 2.2 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.2 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.6 Not Avail Not Avail
12 Organized class sections per faculty FTE, 
all faculty (including GTAs) 2.0 2.4 2.5 2.7 3.1 3.0 3.3
Undergraduate 1.6 1.8 1.7 2.0 2.5 2.3 2.7
Graduate 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6
NSICP:  OCS per faculty FTE, all faculty
     (n = 12, 17, 18, 16, 14) 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.7 Not Avail Not Avail
Undergraduate 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.4 Not Avail Not Avail
Graduate 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 Not Avail Not Avail
13 Degrees awarded   (FY) 18 12 24 26 26 21 Not Avail
Undergraduate 13 9 21 19 16 11
Graduate 5 3 3 7 10 10
14 State appropriated operating budget ($)  (FY) 353,365 383,244 353,822 347,333 340,244 472,362 501,538
Total salaries/wages (excludes benefits) 336,415 366,294 336,872 330,003 322,914 455,032 483,772
Total operating expenses 16,950 16,950 16,950 17,330 17,330 17,330 17,766
Total equipment / capital and transfers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Revenue from "super tuition"  ($)   (FY) Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl Not Appl
16 Direct instructional expenditures ($)  (FY) 477,286 478,272 445,323 450,340 494,494 568,766 Not Avail
Total personnel cost (salaries plus benefits) 455,977 455,597 419,537 424,987 471,875 548,608 Not Avail
Total other expenses 21,309 22,675 25,786 25,353 22,619 20,158 Not Avail
17 Direct instructional expenditure per SCH  (FY) 144 124 92 88 97 105 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure 
    per SCH (n = 11, 17, 17, 15, 13) 137 125 130 117 122 Not Avail Not Avail
18 Direct instructional exp per student FTE  (FY) 4,498 3,798 2,778 2,704 2,803 3,314 Not Avail
NSICP:  Direct instructional expenditure
per student FTE (n = 11, 17, 17,15,13) 4,025 3,581 3,853 3,557 3,784 Not Avail Not Avail
19 Personnel cost as percentage of direct
instructional expenditure (FY) 96% 95% 94% 94% 95% 96% Not Avail
NSICP:  Personnel cost as a percentage 
    of direct instructional expenditure 
    (n = 11, 17, 17, 15, 13) 91% 91% 91% 90% 92% Not Avail Not Avail
20 Research expenditures  (FY) 440 0 33,730 62,251 36,053 16,489 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored (includes sponsored instruction) 440 0 33,730 62,251 36,053 16,489
Research expenditures per tenure faculty FTE 5,622 12,450 7,211 2,748 Not Avail
NSICP:   Research expenditures per
    tenure faculty FTE
   (n=17, 15, 13) 10,887 5,862 6,579 Not Avail Not Avail
21 Public service expenditures  (FY) 73,277 30,472 25,657 19,748 282 2,526 Not Avail
UM State-appropriated funds 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sponsored  73,277 30,472 25,657 19,748 282 2,526
22 AY Student credit hours 3,315 3,870 4,862 5,123 5,105 5,408 Not Avail
Undergraduate 3,176 3,597 4,527 4,718 4,659 4,903
Graduate 139 273 335 405 446 505
NOTES:   Data are for Fall semester, unless noted otherwise.  
FY denotes Fiscal Year.    AY denotes Academic Year.
Detail may not add to total due to rounding or separate calculation.   
ADDITIONAL  DATA:          
  4 Tenure faculty SCH, total 1,376 1,390 2,219 2,163 1,374 2,142 2,317
Undergraduate 1,298 1,262 2,070 1,922 1,161 1,925 2,059
Graduate 78 128 149 241 213 217 258
  6 Student FTE  (derived from SCH)
  6A From Tenure Faculty SCH 93 95 150 148 95 146 159
Undergraduate 87 84 138 128 77 128 137
Graduate 7 11 12 20 18 18 22
  6B From All Faculty SCH 106 126 160 167 176 172 190
Undergraduate 99 115 144 146 159 151 169
Graduate 7 11 16 20 18 21 22
11 Total organized class sections -- 
tenure faculty 16 15 17 16 16 20 26
Undergraduate 12 10 13 10 11 15 20
Graduate 4 5 4 6 5 5 6
12 Total organized class sections -- 
all faculty (including GTAs) 18 21 20 22 27 27 32
Undergraduate 14 16 14 16 22 21 26
Graduate 4 5 6 6 5 6 6